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happygirl · 07-18-2008, 01:20 AM

wow guys good for you quitting your job to pursue something that feels right and has more meaning for you! I believe that is so important.

I was so happy to see this thread, and especially to read your story Ellie of completely changing careers.

I quit my job last week. I was working as an account manager for a charity in London and I just found the atmosphere there unbearable from the moment I started 7 months back. Over the last 12 years I've always worked in the private sector in sales, business development and account management but in the last 3-4 years have felt a pull towards working with disabled people. Over the last 8 months I have worked with a lady who has severe cerebral palsy in my spare time and she has been such an inspiration to me in many ways. The money is extremely low and it's challenging work at times, but the satisfaction that I get from being her personal assistant leaves me glowing from the inside out! The more I realised this is my calling in life, the more and more stressed I felt at work and intolerant of all the hard nosed businessy people around me. I don't wish that to sound judgemental, I mean it in the way that it's not where I fit in anymore, this lifestyle that I've earned my living with up until now just isn't compatable with me anymore!

So anyway now I have decided to move out of London back to Brighton as I miss the sea, sitting on the beach everyday and riding my bicycle along the coast with the wind in my hair...as well as the community feeling I get there...

I don't have a job right now, I have a bit of money saved to last me a couple of months and the salaries are low in Brighton and the cost of living high...somehow though nothing has felt more right to me in my life which means I must have done something right. I still have some anxieties about the money side of things but am trying to let go of that - basically I'll be earning half of what I've been earning up until now and I have high outgoings due to costs of living and a loan. I know money isn't everything but it can be a worry.

At the moment I am waiting for criminal record bureau checks so that I can start working with disabled adults and children. I am so pleased that finally I am going to be doing something that I enjoy and have a passion for. Everyone has a right to live independently in the community and I want to enable them to be able to do that by spreading my light and sharing theirs

I wish everyone luck and happiness finding the path that gives them joy in life and once again good for you for taking the plunge and doing something about it...it takes a brave soul to do that!!

07-18-2008, 01:20 AM	#16 (permalink)
happygirl Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10	wow guys good for you quitting your job to pursue something that feels right and has more meaning for you! I believe that is so important. I was so happy to see this thread, and especially to read your story Ellie of completely changing careers. I quit my job last week. I was working as an account manager for a charity in London and I just found the atmosphere there unbearable from the moment I started 7 months back. Over the last 12 years I've always worked in the private sector in sales, business development and account management but in the last 3-4 years have felt a pull towards working with disabled people. Over the last 8 months I have worked with a lady who has severe cerebral palsy in my spare time and she has been such an inspiration to me in many ways. The money is extremely low and it's challenging work at times, but the satisfaction that I get from being her personal assistant leaves me glowing from the inside out! The more I realised this is my calling in life, the more and more stressed I felt at work and intolerant of all the hard nosed businessy people around me. I don't wish that to sound judgemental, I mean it in the way that it's not where I fit in anymore, this lifestyle that I've earned my living with up until now just isn't compatable with me anymore! So anyway now I have decided to move out of London back to Brighton as I miss the sea, sitting on the beach everyday and riding my bicycle along the coast with the wind in my hair...as well as the community feeling I get there... I don't have a job right now, I have a bit of money saved to last me a couple of months and the salaries are low in Brighton and the cost of living high...somehow though nothing has felt more right to me in my life which means I must have done something right. I still have some anxieties about the money side of things but am trying to let go of that - basically I'll be earning half of what I've been earning up until now and I have high outgoings due to costs of living and a loan. I know money isn't everything but it can be a worry. At the moment I am waiting for criminal record bureau checks so that I can start working with disabled adults and children. I am so pleased that finally I am going to be doing something that I enjoy and have a passion for. Everyone has a right to live independently in the community and I want to enable them to be able to do that by spreading my light and sharing theirs I wish everyone luck and happiness finding the path that gives them joy in life and once again good for you for taking the plunge and doing something about it...it takes a brave soul to do that!!